Washington DC Part 2

What a great city. Friday we started our day at the Smithosian Castle, then headed to the Museum of American History (complete with Dorothy's ruby slippers from the Wizard of Oz). Next we went to the Museum of Natural History and viewed all the ancient dinosaur and other creatures bones before heading off to the Museum of American Indian for a fantastic native american lunch. For those of you who haven't been to DC, all the Smithosian museums are completely free and they would still be worth it even if you had to pay normal museum admission prices. Friday afternoon we headed back to the hotel for a workout then hit the McCormick & Schmicks for a seafood dinner.

Saturday was another great day. More walking than a person should do in one day, but it was well worth it. We started our day at Arlington National Cemetery. Got to see Kennedy's grave, the Tomb of the Unknown Solider, and even spotted a gravesite for an "Albee". After Arlington we made our way back into DC on the metro to see the Museum of Portrait and American Art. The hall of presidents and the folk art displays were both incredibly interesting. From there we made it down to Pennsylvania & Constitutition Avenues going by the National Archives, the Capitol building, then on the back side of the Capitol to the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, and House and Senate office buildings. We spent some time inside the Library of Congress which was very beautiful and interesting. From there, we took the long walk from the Smithosian Castle, down past the Treasury departments engraving and printing office, to the Jefferson Memorial, around to the Roosevelt Memorial and finally back up to the Smithosian again. That pretty much took up until 6pm. We arrived back at the hotel with some pretty tired feet that allowed us only to get a couple blocks away from the hotel for dinner.

Sunday we are planning to hit the Iwo Jima memorial (actually the Marines memorial) then we are off to Georgetown to check out all the old homes before flying back to Indianapolis. What a great time.

Albee Gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery

(not sure who this Albee is, but maybe I'll try to look it up) New artwork of Obama in the National Portrait Gallery

Picture of Chris in front on Capitol building

Inside the Library of Congress

View of the Jefferson Memorial